Posted by Alan J. Flavell on 12/28/70 11:36

On Fri, 6 Jan 2006, Andy Dingley wrote:

> On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 11:38:39 +0000, "Alan J. Flavell"
> <flavell@physics.gla.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> >If there was a way of getting a prompt and being able to say "no
> >thanks" to the browser when unsolicited flash content was offered, I
> >might be willing to re-enable it. I haven't found an option like that
> >yet.
>
> Try the Flashblock extension for Firefox - very convenient to use.

Thanks Andy - I've already received and taken that advice (in relation
to Mozilla, which I prefer to Firefox), earlier today, and it's
looking good so far.

> There's also AniDisable, which is similar for GIF files. It's
> particularly good in that it can allow them to run once, then halt,
> rather than looping.

Mozilla has that option already, though it's secreted in a rather
unexpected place under Preferences> Privacy and Security. And it's
one of the options on the Pederick toolbar, too.

cheers

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